this is i-24 in smyrna. steve osunsami leading us off. >> reporter: tonight we're near ft. wayne, indiana, where jeremiah lowe helped save a man from an overturned truck. >> i run across the median as fast as i could and i see >> reporter: across parts of the deep south, where many just aren't used to the snow and ice, here was today's awful commute. icy overpass north of atlanta, where tonight there's a run on firewood. georgia's governor, hoping to avoid desperate scenes like these from two years ago, has declared a state of emergency in 15 counties. >> in case it happens, we hope we'll be prepared. >> reporter: in durham, door to door in the cold, checking in on seniors. >> everything okay here? >> oh, yeah. >> all right. >> reporter: but according to the forecast, the place where you really don't want to be is in the mid-atlantic. the nation's capital is bracing for as much two feet of snow by saturday. new york, philly, boston, all watching the track. these, an army of free snow in the south, the big concern georgia has put nearly 300 road workers on call. david? off.